Subject: Sports » Baseball (Page 28)

The only good thing about playing for Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

American baseball player

It shows what you can accomplish if you stay up all night drinking whiskey all the time.

Restaurant owner

Enos Cabell started here with the Astros… and before that he was with the Orioles.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

You feel guilty telling the batters to go out there and get a hit. They look at you funny, as is if to say, 'you try it.‘

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

The Mets achieved total incompetence in a single year, while the Browns worked industriously for almost a decade to gain equal proficiency.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

A woman will be elected president before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes.

(1953 – ) American baseball player

Orel Hershiser is the only Major League pitcher to have two consecutive pronouns in his surname.

American essayist

If the NBA were on channel five and a bunch of frogs making love was on channel four, I’d watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy.

college basketball coach

Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally Moses doubling down the right-field line.


I've got a tip on the market for you fellows, buy Pennsylvania Railroad – because by tomorrow night about a dozen of you bums will be riding on it.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

One night we play like King Kong, the next night like Fay Wray.

American baseball player & manager

A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

There’s no crying in baseball!

(1956 – ) American movie actor

There's a deep fly ball… Winfield goes back, back… his head hits the wall… it's rolling towards second base.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

The only way I'm going to get a Gold Glove is with a can of spray paint.

professional baseball player

 The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey; the old ballplayer cared about the name on the front… the new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.

professional baseball player

I don’t room with him [Babe Ruth]; I room with his suitcase.

professional baseball player

Sure, it's nice to win; but there's only one thing that's important to me and that's the money we're going to get, win or lose.

professional baseball player

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer